QCC Farms!

Generously supported by the Blue Moon Fund, QCC's Inaugural Urban Farm is located at Sixth St. and Monticello Avenue, in our Ridge Street target neighborhood. Designed to bring residents of CRHA's Sixth Street community together with those from Friendship Court and the larger Charlottesville community, plots totalling 1/3 acre have been planted and tended by Farmer Todd Niemeier with the help of over 100 volunteers! More than 40 low income families have improved their diets with veggies harvested in their own backyards, while learning about food security, nutrition and wellness, and how to be better environmental stewards. In addition to our flagship Sixth Street and Monticello Ave Farm, we have also established a raised bed garden at Barrett Early Learning Center on Ridge Street, a rural Three Sisters Garden at Companion Farm, and are proud partners of Ploughshare Community Farm, which donates its surplus produce for free distribution in our target neighborhoods.

Our Goals

Improve the physical health of low-income residents, particularly seniors and children with limited access to quality produce, information on healthy eating and lifestyles, and physical benefits of gardening;
Enhance the environmental health of the community by creating a productive organic farm as well as an aesthetically-pleasing community green space;
Strengthen the psychological health of the community by providing improved inter-neighborhood relations through shared goals, shared space, and the satisfaction that results from seeing a project to fruition;
Advance the economic health of the community through education and the marketing of skills learned, products harvested, and lower food costs.

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